Sophie Darling (sadly nowhere near as awesome as my favourite romance heroine with Darling as a surname) is on her way to a job interview in London and unexpectedly and happily finds herself upgraded to first class. Her joy is somewhat lessened when very handsome, but supremely grouchy Gabriel “Scottie” Scott is seated next to her, outraged that one of the two seats he’s purchased has been allotted to someone. Nonetheless, cheerful and mischievous Sophie decides to try to crack handsome guy’s crabby demeanour (at […]
“I thought he was a centipede. Where did he get tentacles?” “The tentacle store. Stop interrupting.”
Once again, I’m one of the last ones to jump on the Courtney Milan bandwagon. Last year, Milan was an author I had never heard of, writing books in a genre that I knew nothing about. And then I followed the advice of my fellow Cannonballers and read her Brothers Sinister series — and I really liked them. Milan was a good writer who really appreciated history and strong women. This year, the buzz was all about Milan’s entry into the contemporary, New Adult genre, and her […]
All that’s missing is Otis Day & the Knights
So, I got this message from Mrs. Julien, she who calls herself Prolixity, “Miss Katie, would you like to borrow a book?” My curiosity was immediately piqued. Obviously. My reply was instant, “Of course!” That is how I came to read The Deal by Elle Kennedy. It also came with this ringing endorsement, “[emmalita] and I enjoyed it very much.” How could I NOT read it at this point? Disclaimer: I didn’t truly understand what this New Adult business was all about. It just seemed […]
Courtney Milan does it again. Now with New Adult
4.5 stars Disclaimer! I was given an ARC of this through NetGalley in return for a fair and unbiased review. Of course, it being a Courtney Milan book, I had also already pre-ordered it, because I will buy anything she writes, even if said thing is a scientific treatise on spiders and cockroaches (the things that creep my out the most). If Ms. Milan ever reads this – please don’t ever write a book like that. I will buy it, but I might not like […]
The Santaman came reeking of love into this place and we did not know him.
“If Dragon’s Mass Eve be Cold and Clear” is a short story set in the future, or on another world. I came across it a few weeks ago when a Facebook friend shared it on her wall, and it has stuck with me. I haven’t read anything else by the author, so this may or may not be part of a larger world. I hope to find out in the coming year. There’s no exposition, so I was forced to piece the world together. It’s […]
Books? For me? BEST DAY EVER.
I’ve received a lot of packages in the mail, since The Chancellor and I did a majority of our Christmas shopping online this year, but it’s always been presents for someone. Not today. Today, the presents are for ME. This is the haul that I got from emmalita, who also graciously loaned me an ebook of hers to test out an author: The Chancellor read A Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs a few years back and LOVED IT. He’s been at me to […]